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Showing 1 to 20 of 115 for “"Adult Students"”.
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Emotions surrounding restrained eating in young adult students
… on experiences of restrained eating in young adult students, to develop our understanding of emotions surrounding dieting, diet violation and diet abandonment, thought to precede issues with weight management and disordered eating behaviours. Method: Using the participant selection model …
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Tukua Kia Rere! Maori Adult Students Succeeding at University
… less has been written about the experiences of adult Māori students who return to study long after leaving school and go on to become academically successful in higher education. This study contributes to the growing body of knowledge regarding Māori academic success at university. It sought to …
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A computer instructional model designed to reduce cyberphobia among adult students
Fear of computers -- Student/subject-centered teaching model.
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A computer instructional model designed to reduce cyberphobia among adult students
Fear of computers -- Student/subject-centered teaching model.
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Slim chance : adult students' access to university-administered merit-based undergraduate scholarships
… criteria that funnel these awards towards some students and away from others. This thesis uses findings from a case study to examine whether adult students (undergraduates aged 25 year and older) have equal access to undergraduate scholarships at one Canadian university. Framed by understanding …
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The college adjustment process of fifteen conditionally admitted adult students at Indiana University East
… of fifteen first-semester conditionally admitted adult students was undertaken at Indiana University East (IU East) to gain insights into the college adjustment process of those students. Through a series of four interviews, the researcher studied factors affecting the college adjustment process …
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Affective change in adult students in second chance mathematics courses : three different teaching approaches
… I focused on affective change in the students, relating this to their achievement. This study contributes to research on understanding good teaching of mathematics to adults. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected over several years. Methods included: a questionnaire …
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Teaching/ Learning Experiences: Meanings Constructed by Participants ini a Degree Completion Program for Adult Students
… to explore the meaning that teachers and their adult students construct of their classroom experiences and to see how those meanings impact the teaching/ learning process. Because of the multiple factors affecting an educational experience, this study took the view that this should be explored …
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A qualitative study investigating the similarities and differences of diploma and undergraduate nursing (adult) students
… of Higher Education in Nursing (Dip.H.E.) (Adult) students have in relation to their programme and the nursing profession, and students' perceptions as their programmes progress. In addition the study aimed to explore how pre-registration undergraduate and Dip.H.E. (Adult) students perceive …
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The Impact of the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery on College Choice and Completion of Adult Students
… and procedures of the lottery, and students first received scholarships (branded as the Academic Challenge Scholarship) in fall 2010. The program was largely modeled after other state-run scholarships with two major exceptions: policy makers intentionally established lower …
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The Effect of Art Education on Self-Concept of Disabled Adult Students in a Community College Setting
… of art education on self-concept of disabled adult students in a community college setting. An experimental, pretest-posttest, control group design was utilized to carry out the study. The treatment provided was a college art class involving painting, clay sculpturing, and drawing. The null …
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Adult Students' Perception of the Congruence of Hybrid Courses with Their Adult Learning Needs and Their Satisfaction
The overall purpose of the study was to examine adult students' perception of the congruence of hybrid courses with adult learning needs and to examine adult students' level of satisfaction with hybrid courses. The study collected data through pre and post surveys, administered at the beginning and …
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An accessible return : identifying barriers for recruiting and retaining returning adult students at the 4-year institutional level
… education has often overlooked the undergraduate adult student population which comprises roughly 25% of the undergraduate student population in the United States. Given the decrease in traditional students entering college and the looming high school graduate enrollment cliff, the adult student …
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The relative effects of age and learning style mismatch on adult students' academic achievement and perception of instructors
This study investigated the relationship between students' age, achievement, evaluation of the instructors and the match-mismatch of students' and instructors' learning styles. Seventeen (17) business instructors and 302 business students comprised the population. The students were selected as an …
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Institutional Strategies and Factors that Contribute to the Engagement of Recent Immigrant Adult Students in Ontario Post-Secondary Education
… data on barriers experienced by recent immigrant adult students (RIAS), the policies, practices and supports in PSE and their impact on RIAS engagement, and factors that contribute to the engagement of RIAS in Ontario PSE. This examination contributes to and furthers the student engagement in PSE …
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An agentic approach to investigating barriers to access and participation on the pathways of mature adult students in Namibia
… and participation, particularly for mature adult students aiming to enter the teaching profession, difficult. While research on this phenomenon in Namibia is limited, the purpose of the current study is to investigate the barriers to access and participation for mature adult students aiming …
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